I’m seeing a bunch of posts insinuating that this most recent assassination attempt was fake. Why do people think this? I’m out of the loop.

  • glasratz@feddit.org
    101·
    2 months ago

    At this point I’ve seen people spread this theory even if they don’t really believe in it. It’s ammunition in a propaganda war. It seems like it’s needed.

    • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.caOP
      17·
      2 months ago

      It seems like it’s needed.

      I don’t think misinformation is ever helpful, really. It has proven to be pretty toxic for society at large. I think we should avoid it. I know Trump spews this stuff constantly but that’s also one of the main reasons why he lacks credibility. We shouldn’t forfeit our credibility, too. I know the left is struggling in the US right now, but there are many reasons for that. The left’s distaste for misinformation is not one of those reasons.

      • Dr. Moose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        Our society is degerating towards america republican view of “means to an end” in sense that there are no bad actions just good or bad people and since trump is bad everything that is against him is good. This is so tiring and we should not accept this.

        • a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.caOP
          10·
          2 months ago

          There is no objective truth

          If this is true, then wouldn’t the idea that ‘there is no objective truth’ itself be an objective truth? Seems like this view leads to contradictions. There are also things that are obviously objectively true. Two and two make four. Is that not objectively true? Climate change is real. Is that not objectively true?

          Is it likely that Trump was the trigger to end a 40 year streak of presidents not having assassination attempts?

          Yes. He is by far the most hated president in recent history. And political polarization in the US is probably the highest it’s been since the 1960s.

          Is it really likely that the single most expense set of secret police in world history – a group of organizations with NO PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY and a history of human rights abuses worse than any other group in known world history, have failed multiple times to stop random kids with guns that magically fire the wrong caliber bullets?

          Yes. In general, the US government seems pretty incompetent right now. This is just a continuation of that trend. Also, Trump is still alive despite multiple attempts on his life. So in a way, they’re kind of not doing that bad? Obviously they’ve had a number of significant missteps but in the end they seem to always achieve their goal of protecting his life.

          I don’t know if the event was faked or not, but I think we should really resist the temptation to say it was faked just because we want it to be fake.